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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: 68valu on July 29, 2011, 06:58:15 PM
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here is a picture of a 16 buttonswitch panel I made recently.
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww293/68valu/switchpanel16button.jpg)
68valu
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68valu,
since you make nice simpits and now are making panels I thought I'd give you this link. It's a keyboard emulator that works on usb,anyways give it a look.
http://www.leobodnar.com/products/BU0836X/
not very expensive and you should be able to do a 88 button panel!!!!
:salute
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Thanks morfiend,
I'll look at that.
68valu
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hey 68value do you sell those or make them for yourself? as soon as I get my own house (hopefully next year, now that child support is over), i am planing on making a simpit. of course that's mostly a dream, then again, you never know.
semp
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hey 68value do you sell those or make them for yourself? as soon as I get my own house (hopefully next year, now that child support is over), i am planing on making a simpit. of course that's mostly a dream, then again, you never know.
semp
Would you like me to make you one?
68valu
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68valu,
since you make nice simpits and now are making panels I thought I'd give you this link. It's a keyboard emulator that works on usb,anyways give it a look.
http://www.leobodnar.com/products/BU0836X/
not very expensive and you should be able to do a 88 button panel!!!!
:salute
Has anyone here used that product yet? Do you have to program that thing to associate the inputs with a keyboard stroke or does it show up directly in the game and can be programed to be directly associated with game functions?
I was thinking about using that in my simpit when I do finally get a chance to start it. However if it has to be associated with keystrokes then I will stick with my original plans of cannibalizing some old sticks I have laying around.
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Tooo Cool! Thats awsome, I'm alway's haveing to tinker with whats already made and takeover where the factory left off! more pic's,more pic's are we there yet, more pic's! lol
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Has anyone here used that product yet? Do you have to program that thing to associate the inputs with a keyboard stroke or does it show up directly in the game and can be programed to be directly associated with game functions?
I was thinking about using that in my simpit when I do finally get a chance to start it. However if it has to be associated with keystrokes then I will stick with my original plans of cannibalizing some old sticks I have laying around.
lots of guys over at SimHQ.com in the Pit Builders section use and have info on the Bodnar board. You might want to check that out.
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Has anyone here used that product yet? Do you have to program that thing to associate the inputs with a keyboard stroke or does it show up directly in the game and can be programed to be directly associated with game functions?
I was thinking about using that in my simpit when I do finally get a chance to start it. However if it has to be associated with keystrokes then I will stick with my original plans of cannibalizing some old sticks I have laying around.
I havent personally used it but I know Baumer used to to make his control panel{s} in his simpit,you can look through this forum to see pics of some of the stuff he made. As far as he told me you comp see it as an 84/88{cant recall exactly} key board,it also has inputs for analog controls so you can use potentiometers to make say a trim controller.
It seems to be able to do just about anything you'd like as far as setting up a control panel,basically depends on the types of switches,button and pots you use.
:salute
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I bought one of the first version of those emulator/controllers boards and they work great. It's like having several gutted keyboards and joy sticks rolled into
one little bitty board. I gave Baumer the info a few years ago and he went hog wild and built some beautiful switch panels and such with it.
If any one is really interested in building custom panels on a budget I highly recommend this little gem.
:salute
midi
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(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h113/rcmtdriver/photo7.jpg) <-- this is what i have running on a leobodnar board. I took the guts out of the saitek switch panel and wired it to the board and added dials for trim and switches for other stuff.
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68valu
Do you have a website or pics of your simpits? Would love to see what you've done.
Nutz
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I have one of Leo Bodnar's boards powering potentiometers and buttons in my WIP simpit. It was simple to setup and takes up very little space.
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Thanks for the replies, I am still not sure what I will do since I do have the sticks here, but it definitely gives me something to think about.
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Cactus what's a WIP simpit?
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Not sure for Cactus for me WIP means "Work In Progress".
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Yeah work in progress, although "bottomless pit of time and money" works too.
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And the facepalm flies ! It didn't click. i completely understand what you mean also by money pit for the simpit as well.
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68valu
Do you have a website or pics of your simpits? Would love to see what you've done.
Nutz
I will make a new topic and list my pits in order of build.
68valu